The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-12-19
MINOR MENTION.

INC OuIJou ot9tob tncTC IN pVVisuVu 'hV
paper to every 4,l3S inhabitants.
That skiold millionaire, Lord Wollver-
ton, lately dead, had an income Of fSoO0, Oo0
year.
Boston girls consume forty tons OF chewing
gum every year, according to the statistics
given by the Post.
The wealthiest OF the Judges Of the SUI
preme Court 10 Justice Bradley whose fortune
10 estimated at s7j0,000.
Several towns In Ohio and Illinois are sink
Ing wells as mesns Of tidlng over the water
famine.
A preacher OF Epson County, Ga, has mar
rled III couples since he has been in the
ministry and has received only one fee.
II is reported from Butte City, NJ. T., that
twcve-year-old bootblack there has $500
which he has earned deposited in one OF the
city banks.
pride In his cattle. His present particular
pet is q steer that girths over eight feet and
weighs 2, 100 pounds.
The Louisiana rice crop is turning out small
er than the most conservative estimate, and
prices are armcr. Trade In rice is now fairly
good, without being especially large
There is an unprecedented demand for cider
barrels In Connecticut. All the farmers ey-
ccpt deacons are making cider, and the dea-
cons are putting In q few barrels OF vinegar
or the II presidents Of the United States II
were college graduates; Of 20 vice presidents,
10: 90 secretaries OF state, 10; OF Al associate
justices Of the United States supreme court
30.
Thoughtless and inconsideratc Bostonians
are laughing at the English woman who re-
Gently, after hearing much praise Of butter
nuts, said: "At what season OF the year are
doughnuts rlpei"
Machines have recently been introduced In
the Paris lyjng-in hospitals for saving infants
prematurely born or otherwise deficient In
vitality. The apparatus is similar to the egg
Matching machines.
"Onc more sign Of the economics OF pro-
gress," says the New York Times, sis that 1t
is contemplated to make wax candles out Of
sugar cain. It yields ceroslne, which has a
high melting point"
A hen In Woodford county, Illinois, chased
a cat away from two kittens and then adopted
them. The hen cuddlcs them, and when she
clucks the kittens have learned to hover under
her wings for protection.
The Philadelphia Ledger says that carl
playing is social craze In London, and that
thousands Of young ladies in that city are
familiar with the mysteries OF the jackpot
poker and other like utensils.
For several weeks a noble eagle, measuring
nearly six feet from tip to tip Of Its wings,
made It's nightly perch on the steeple OF the
First Baptist Church in Galveston. Then
came along gun and killed 1t.
Perhaps the most lucrative Office in the Ma
tional government, next to the Presidency IT,
self, Is the clerkship of the Supreme Court at
Washington. 1t yields an annual income In
fees Of from $25, 900 to $4,000.
Isaac Clark, who since 1884, has been an In
mate Of the New Haven almshouse, is dying OF
old age, having lived one hundred and nine
years. He was born at Montauk Point, and in
early life was Nantucket sailor.
Boston man who is a manufacturer OF
raspberry jam says that no raspberries at all
are used In making IT, What is used, II APP
pears, are tomatoes, glucose and hayseed,
and little prepared raspberry favor.
At Burg Hin, Ohio, Charles Smith shot a
blue heron at his carp pond, aud found forty
seven fish in its stomach. From the appear
apce of the carp they had just been swallow
ed, and constituted only one meal for the
bird
II Is said that the biggest price ever paid for
a weanling colt was that paid by Arthur Cation
of Chicago, to J. V. Striker for Delphos, n son
OF Nstwood, and a grandson on his dams side
OF Harold, the sire OF Maud 8. He fetched at
auction 1880
A woman In a red dress was walking In the
streets of Zacatecas Mexico. when bull, at
trscted by the scarlet color, rushed at her and
tossed her sky-high. She alighted on the
ground on her bustle on the other side of a
wall, and without injury.
While a log was being sawed through in a
Nor1h Michigan lumber camp the saw cut IN
two a large moccasn snake that was encased
in the heart Of the wood There was no open
ing at either end Of the log, and the wonder is
how the snake got there.
A SILK dress coat has reached Boston aud
made tremendous sensation among the dudes
Of the Hub. 1t is really a handsome garment
made OF heavy, corded, lusterless silk, which,
at little distance, looks like The richest OF
black broadcloth. II is Paris fashion
Portland, Ore, makes its 1879 saloons pay
$4s,0 900 into Its treasury, and Portland land
lords charge the saloonkeepers rent TO The
amount OF si92,0O0 yearly. This means that